Ioanna Chazapi
CV
Education October 2019-present: PhD student by Research in Physical Chemistry, Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, Department of Chemistry, University of Montpellier. September 2017-June 2019: Master’s by Research in Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus. September 2012- May 2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry with specialization in Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Cyprus. Conferences September 2019: “Drug release from well-ordered mesoporous titania films produced via evaporation induced self-assembly”. Poster presentation at the 33rd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), Leuven, Belgium. July 2019: “Antibiotic release from well-ordered mesoporous titania films produced via evaporation induced self-assembly”. Poster presentation at the 16th European Conference on Organized Films (ECOF), Paris, France. June 2019: “Antibiotic release from well-ordered mesoporous titania films produced via evaporation induced self-assembly”. Poster presentation at the 17th Conference of the European Student Colloid (ESC), Varn, Bulgaria. September 2018: “Interactions of lyotropic anions with micelles of dodecyl phosphocholine”. Poster presentation at the 32nd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), Ljubljana, Slovenia. July 2018: “Antibiotic release from mesoporous titania films produced via evaporation induced self-assembly”. Oral presentation at the 3rd Postgraduate Student Chemistry Conference, Paphos, Cyprus. Publications Sofroniou, C., Chazapi, I., Leontidis, E. Complex binding of lanthanide salts to phospholipid micelles. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2019, 557, 568-579. Awards September 2017: First prize for undergraduate research project, awarded by the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus (RPF) for the research project on “Interactions of lyotropic anions with micelles of dodecyl phosphocholine”. Teaching Experience January 2019-May 2019: Laboratory Assistant for undergraduate students in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Cyprus. September 2018-December 2018: Laboratory Assistant for undergraduate students in the advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Cyprus. September 2018-December 2019: Teaching Assistant for undergraduate students in a course of the Introductory Chemistry for Biologists and Physicists, University of Cyprus.
Motivation
I started my PhD’s by Research in the group of Ions at Active Interfaces Laboratory, in Institute of Separation Chemistry in Marcoule. My research work is on “the interactions between nano-ions with some biological species”. Working on this project gave me the opportunity to obtain excellent skills on Dynamic light scattering, isoelectric electrophoresis focusing, fluorescence spectroscopy, z-potential and Langmuir isotherm. I had transacted research work on Grazing incidence X-ray scattering and diffraction and Total X-Ray fluorescence at the Electron Synchrotron DESY. I completed my Master’s by Research in the research group of Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Interfaces. My research work was on “antibiotic release from mesoporous TiO2 films produced via evaporation induced self-assembly”. Working on this project gave me the opportunity to obtain excellent skills on atomic force microscopy, high performance liquid chromatography, X-Ray diffraction and on fluorescence spectroscopy. The results from my Master’s research will be presented at three scientific conferences. Prior to the MSc degree I received a BSc in Chemistry. During my final two years as a BSc student, I had the opportunity to work in a research project in the research group of Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Interfaces, where I later carried out my MSc project. The undergraduate research project was on “the interactions of lyotropic anions with phospholipid micelles”. Working on this project gave me the opportunity to obtain skills on electron paramagnetic resonance, on Time-Resolved Fluorescence Quenching, on isothermal titration calorimetry and on fluorescence spectroscopy, more specifically through static fluorescence quenching. With this project I had participated in STSM program through COST –CM1101. I had transacted an extensive undergraduate research work in the electron paramagnetic resonance and in the Time- Resolved Fluorescence Quenching at the National Hellenic Research Foundation and at the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritus”, respectively. I also presented the results of this work at a scientific conference. I wholeheartedly welcome the opportunity to be considered as a suitable applicant to participate in this summer school to have the chance to deepen my knowledge.